Appeal No. 2003-1439
Application No. 09/896,112
pockets are frozen and secured inside the garment (column 2, lines
6-14) to cool the wearer. De Rosa teaches that ice can be used in
place of cold water-cooling garments (column 1, lines 29-31) to
avoid a rupture which renders the whole garment unusable.
Accordingly, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary
skill in the art at the time the invention was made to substitute
the plurality of ice bags of De Rosa for the cooling apparatus of
Buckley to avoid failures and high cost.
As for claim 3, Buckley and De Rosa are as above for claim 1.
We further find that Figure 6 of Buckley further illustrates
the flow channels for treating a horse’s back. It would have been
obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time the
invention was made to substitute an ice pocket of De Rosa in the
center section of Buckley for the reduction in cost, bulkiness,
and a reduction in likelihood of failure as noted in De Rosa.
We also find that Buckley teaches configuring the appliance
to treat selected regions of the horse, including the withers, the
loin, the back, and the croup. (Column 4, lines 15-24). It would
have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time
the invention was made to position the ice pockets to rest
adjacent particular muscles.
As for claim 4, we again find that Buckley teaches
configuring the appliance to treat selected regions of the horse,
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